Surveillance video shows suspect in robbery of man in wheelchair

WASHINGTON - D.C. police released video Friday showing a suspect wanted in the robbery of a man in a wheelchair. They say the attack happened in the 4100 block of Wheeler Road SE, and was captured on surveillance cameras.

The video released by police was captured on Wednesday, August 19 between 8:28 a.m. and 8:40 a.m. It shows the suspect pulling into a parking space in a four-door vehicle, and talking on a cell phone. The suspect then goes inside a store in the shopping center, and is seen paying and helping to push a man in a wheelchair out of the store. As they leave the store, the man is seen trying to take something forcibly from the man in the wheelchair before fleeing the scene.

If you recognize the suspect or his vehicle, please call D.C. police at (202) 727-9099, or text your tip to the department’s text tip line at 50411.